Postwar labor claims turned political out of hostility to capitalism itself

Evidence

Economic movements have a rapidly growing tendency to become also political, not only because the workers possess a greatly increased power and are far more conscious of it, but also because their economic claims are animated by a steadily deepening hostility to the whole capitalist order of society. Not only do the workers feel stronger, they have also a growing feeling that capitalism is insecure. — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 335

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Postwar Italian labor leaders recast the worker as indispensable and rights claims as settled — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order: How Economists…, 265; Postwar strikes were political demands for workers’ self-government, not mere wage disputes; Postwar workers rejected labor as a commodity and demanded democratic control of production — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism: An Intervention, 185 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Postwar strikes were political demands for workers’ self-government, not mere wage disputes #expands (0.92)
• Postwar workers rejected labor as a commodity and demanded democratic control of production #expands (0.90) — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 185
• Postwar labor unrest aimed at revolution, not just wages. #expands (0.90) — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 375
• Postwar workers explicitly rejected the treatment of labor as a commodity #expands (0.85) — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 185
• Postwar workers demanded meaning and agency in production. #expands (0.82)